CHAPTKR

IN Calcys this creature had good cheer of divers persons,
both men and women, who hud never seen her before,
There was a good woman who had her homo to her house,
and who washed her full cleanly and put her on a new
smock and comforted her right much. Other good
persons had her to meat and drink. While she was there
abiding shipping for three or four days, she met there with
divers persons who had known her before, who spoke
fair to her and gave her goodly language, Other things
they gave her none. These persons awaited shipping as
she did.
She, desiring to sail with them to Dover, in nothing
would they help her, or let her know what ship they
purposed to sail in. She specrcd and spied as diligently
as she could, and ever she had knowledge of their intent,
one way or another, till she was shipped with them; and
when she had borne her things into the ship where they
were, supposing they would have sailed in haste, she knew
not how soon, they got themselves another ship ready to
sail What the cause was, she never knew.
Through grace, she, having knowledge of their purpose,
how ready they were to sail, left all her things in the vessel
that she was in, and went to the ship where they were,
and through Our Lord's help, she was received into the
ship.
And there was the worshipful woman of London, who
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